Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 29, 2015
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 25 25
Bald Eagle 0 4 4
Northern Harrier 0 1 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 11 11
Cooper's Hawk 0 3 3
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 5
Broad-winged Hawk 0 103 103
Red-tailed Hawk 0 6 6
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 8 8
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 0 166 166
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Visitors:
George and Sheila Stukenborg
Weather:
Same ol, same ol...light westerly breeze, threatening clouds coming and
going, humidity....Temp:21.8>27.2C; Humidity:64%>74%<62%;
Bar.Pressure:2814<2810; Cloud Cover:65% decreasing to 40% TO 10% then
increasing to 35%. Total overcast by 3pm.
Raptor Observations:
Nada, zip, big fat ZERO. Disappointing but not surprising with persistent
high pressure system. One resident Red Tail was seen three times.
Non-raptor Observations:
Chimney Swift-15; Cedar Waxwing-4
Predictions:
Chance of Rain? Please....
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (brenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
